This lack of support from the Republican base is substantially the result of Pence not cooperating with a fascist coup, and I don't think folks properly appreciate how incredibly ominous that is.
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They'll definitely keep trying too.
As an outside observer, it seems they don't have anything else. What's their platform really? Just stuff that is not popular with the broad majority (like abortion or LBTQ+ rights) and being against whatever the Democrats are doing. That's just pathetic for one of the two biggest parties.
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Mike Pence is pretty far out there, as in he is pretty crazy on many points.
But that's not crazy enough for modern Republicans. Today you need to be bat shit insane to have a chance as a republican.
That, and the Trump sycophants now want his head because they somehow believe that he had the ability to nullify the 2020 election and place Trump in the presidency, which he did not do -- for reasons that are blatantly obvious to anyone else.
Yes as in Republican is the one true religion, if you don't have 100% faith even against evidence, you are a heretic.
Republican is not about politics anymore, it's a cult. A death cult to be precise.
What do you mean it's a cult? It's not like they're making golden statues of their supposed messiah or anything! Oh wait.. 
This is the sort of thing I would normally call bullshit on. Some idiot being idiot and the whole group getting called on it. Exactly the sort of thing conservatives would play.
"LOOK! See how nuts the libs are!?"
Except this was at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference).
Read on if your stomach is strong.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/golden-trump-statue-cpac-implies-he-s-king-gop-his-ncna1259362
I ain't even got the strength to go into Old Testament, golden idols, conservative Christians, all that.
You just gotta suck russian dick and you’re all set.
Yes, and that's pretty insane IMO. All the same "values" as a Russian totalitarian. I bet Russians are super happy with Putin's shitshow, and Republicans want the same for USA!
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Was he ever a favorite of the right? I thought he was pretty unpopular as governor in Indiana.
His purpose was to get more religious crazies on Trump's side. Other than that, Republicans didn't like him.
Seems like a lot of the religious seem to follow Trump regardless. For some reason they buy it when he says his favorite book is the bible and that's he's a Christian. Also, they don't seem to believe Obama when he says he's a Christian...
If they knew their messiah was a Middle-Eastern Jewish Socialist they'd die of anurisms. I wish they could read...
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I always thought he was super popular with the evangelicals and that those folks are declining in numbers. The way I see it, younger conservatives aren’t as religious and are just spiteful towards the left; when you’re spiteful you want a loud mouth candidate who’ll legitimize your beliefs.
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god what a sad, beautiful ending
seeing him rot in public as everyone realizes in real time he is not what politics is anymore. no one wants a clean cut boring guy who's secretly gay and also evil. their time is over.
But who they do want is far more terrifying.
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Mike Pence is a piece of shit that clings to power like a horny dog clings to a leg.
And right now, theres no obvious power going forward to hitch himself to, Thanks to the lawsuits, trials and guilty pleas that are already coming out against Trump, and the rest of the Republican Party collapsing around him due to petty infighting, bullshit, and fanatical fascism.
So that leaves Pence hanging like a damp flag in a windless sky.
Limp, ineffectual, and below notice.
But hey, at least hes not doing active harm to the country at the moment, like wanting to use medicare to torture people straight... Again.
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WTF is a pizza ranch?
It's where the best pizzas are raised, free range and natural as god intended. The pizza wranglers are the most talented in the world, after all you have to be something special to be able to lasso a pizza when it's at full gallop!
You really haven't had pizza until you've had grass-fed pizza.
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Imagine one of those combined Pizza Hut/KFC stores from the 90's, except it's just one big combined buffet of pizza and fried chicken, and the whole place is cowboy themed.
I'm at the pizza ranch. I'm at the Pence event. I'm at the combination pizza ranch and Pence event.
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what even is a pizza ranch
Its a pizza buffet. You pay $25 to eat all the okayest pizza thats been sitting under a heat lamp for an hour that you want.
Mines $20 and also has fried chicken, a bunch of sides, and salad. It's not the best buffet in town but it's pretty ok. Also when you are allowed to request pizzas and then those are put out fresh.
Asking the important question. I assume it's the ranch where they make all the pizzas for the entire world. Big Pizza doesn't want the public to know about it.
I think there’s a meeting every so often with elites called the Pizzaburg Group where they decide where the ranch is every year.
Burying the lede.
What the duck is a pizza ranch and where can I find one?
They're a Jesus in your face pizza chain kind of like chick fil a. It's really bad pizza and it's buffet style so it's assy and cold.
So it’s like Cici’s but more like Kaykaykay’s?
Idk cicis the kkk is spot on
Cici’s is a pizza buffet with all you can eat pizza for such a shockingly low price you have to assume it’s like 30% wet cardboard, which the taste supports. It’s where college students go to win bets on whether they can eat fifty slices of pizza and it ends up costing like $3.99.
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lol. Fuck every single piece of republican traitor filth.
And he's unpopular for doing the right thing. The Trump team wanted him to help them steal the election and he didn't do it. Because of that the MAGAs dragged a full size gallows to the Capitol Building and started chanting 'hang Mike Pence'. I'm surprised he even has the nerve to campaign given how much the followers want him dead.
The thing is - he didn't even have the power to do what they wanted him to do, he couldn't have swung it even if he wanted to.
I can't believe he hasn't thrown in the towel already. No one likes him on either side of the aisle.
He must really want to be president. He's also 64, this is pretty much the last chance. Can't play the long game like Paul Ryan who's sitting the mess out.
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It’s highly egotistical and clueless of pence to think he had a chance. My main question about this article though was not about him, but wtf is a “pizza ranch”. That’s how exciting Pence is.
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Republicans want to hang Mike Pence, not hang with Mike Pence.
lol “they’re saying boo-urns”
At what point does Pence wake TF up? His base wanted to hang him. For following the Constitution.
It's the Trump kiss: everything he touches towns to shit
Thoughts and prayers.
Sorry, I must have misplaced the world's smallest violin. It was very little.
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